Mexico’s poverty levels dipped between 2014 and 2016

September 1, 2017

The number of Mexicans living in poverty declined between 2014 and 2016, says a report by the social development agency, Coneval.Its latest biennial assessment of poverty levels reports a drop in the two most relevant indicators, the percentage of people living below the poverty line and the percentage living in conditions of extreme poverty.The information was presented yesterday by Coneval in its 2010-2016 poverty evolution report (Evolución de la Pobreza 2010-2016, in Spanish).The report says 9.5% of the population, or 11.4 million Mexicans, lived in conditions of extreme poverty in 2014. By the end of last year, the percentage had dropped to 7.6%, or 9.4 million people.The number of people living below the poverty line dropped by 2.6% during the same period, from 46.2%, or 55.3 million people, to 43.6%, or 53.4 million.That decline was reported in 27 of the country’s 32 states. In the other five historically poor states …READ MORE ON MEXICONEWSDAILY.COM